busy months ahead

Aside from preparing for our BIG day, we still need to prepare for our Papa's 75th birthday.  Me and my siblings are planning a surprise birthday party for him, but still haven't decided yet where to celebrate it or should we be inviting many people or just celebrate it just with our family.  But then again, its his 75th birthday, its a milestone so this needs a big celebration.  Oh well, there's still plenty of time to think about it.  Hope we could come up with a decision any time soon.

God gave me you

I have this song on loop on my playlist and it got me teary-eyed as I can relate to the song now :)

For all the times I felt cheated, I complained
You know how I love to complain
For all the wrongs I repeated, though I was to blame
I still cursed that rain
I didn't have a prayer, didn't have a clue
Then out of the blue

God gave me you to show me what's real
There's more to life than just how I feel
And all that I'm worth is right before my eyes
And all that I live for though I didn't know why
Now I do, 'cause God gave me you

For all the times I wore my self pity like a favorite shirt
All wrapped up in that hurt
For every glass I saw, I saw half empty
Now it overflows like a river through my soul
From every doubt I had, I'm finally free
I truly believe

God gave me you to show me what's real
There's more to life than just how I feel
And all that I'm worth is right before my eyes
And all that I live for though I didn't know why
Now I do, 'cause God gave me you

In your arms I'm someone new
With ever tender kiss from you
Oh must confess
I've been blessed

God gave me you to show me what's real
There's more to life than just how I feel
And all that I'm worth is right before my eyes
And all that I live for though I didn't know why (didn't know why)
Now I do (I finally do), 'cause God gave me you (God gave me You)

God gave me you

my precious...

As you all know, I just got engaged last night!  So I'm still on a high right now.  I think it will take me 2 weeks before I get back to my regular self.  I can't help but find myself having that big smile plastered all over my face haha! :D

This post is specially dedicated to that ring... my precious as I would call it. It's just a simple 0.3 carat diamond solitare white gold ring. It was a perfect fit on  my ring finger. Good job dude! :)

we're engaged!!!

Today, I'm starting fresh again. My blogging has been neglected for quite sometime now which I am not happy about. I've been meaning to start all over again but the pressure at work keep on coming, hence having my 0 time to blog.

But today is a special day and is soooo very much blog worthy!!! I'm entering a new milestone in my adult life and that is something I would like to document here. Well folks, today, my best friend, my chatmate, my textmate, my perennial date, my confidante and my lover all rolled into 1 has asked me to marry him on his birthday. Yes, you read that right! It was a double celebration for us as we end up celebrating not only his birthday but also our engagement.  I will be a misis soooon! *kilig to the bones* *blush*  I'm super over to the moon now. I can't go back to earth haha! I want to savor every bit of this feeling. I want to box it up and make sure that this feeling stays the same even after many years have passed :)

Thank you Lord for this blessing and for the answered prayers. You make all things fall into place on your own perfect time! wiiiiii!!!

Dude and his another baby...
the baby back ribs! nyehehe!

Wuma-wine din pag may time :)

The couple before the proposal... see my left
finger, no ring yet

the happy bride to be :D

couple shot after the proposal

Thanks babe for suprising me last night.  I never expected it that you'll be proposing on your birhtday.  Good thing naglugay ako ng buhok haha!

P.S. I love You soo much! mwaaah!!!

while i'm waiting

Days turned into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years.  That's how long I've waited and is still am waiting. Thank you Lord for the message of this song that I need to be obedient to Your word and faithfully wait.

bronze medalist in her class... good job rica!

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cooking with Glena

I've been an OFW for over 6 months now and I must say, thinking of what to eat every meal is a challenge for me and my housemates.  During our first month here, we've managed to eat out everyday and all I can say is that it's expensive lah! So I have to be creative in the kitchen and whip a decent meal.  And I'm surprised of my progression as a cook!  I can now cook simple dishes that I don't usually cook in our house in Manila.  Although these dishes are no brainer for some but for me, it's an achievement already.  My Pops will be proud! :)  Sorry, as of the moment the only picture I have was the first dish that I've done which is the buttered shrimp.

                                     

For the others, I wasn't able to take a snap of it.  I will update this entry as soon as I've cooked again the same dish that I will enumerate here:

- Pork and Chicken Adobo with hard boiled egg

- Spaghetti Bolognese

- Pork steak

- BBQ Porkchop with buttered corn on the side

- Pork Giniling with carrots and potato with hard boiled egg

- Lumpiang Shanghai

- Pork with broccoli in oyster sauce

- Tempura

Wow! Thanks to Panlasang Pinoy website for the tutorial videos I was able to cook all those dishes! I deserve a POB (Pat on the Back) :)

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I'm thinking of where this blog is headed to.  My mind is going nowhere in terms of writing stuff to publish in this little space of mine. I've been on blog break each and every time and I pity myself.  There are a lot of things that I want to write about, but there are no words coming out in my head.  So I just shove the idea and just forget about it.  But now that I have plenty of time in my hands for today being on sick leave... hah! I badly needed this leave.  Having Sundays as my only free day is something I am not thrilled about.  I know this is the life of a Consultant - late night, weekend and holiday work is inevitable in our line of job.   We're always in our toes to keep the client happy and proving to them that we are better than the other Consulting firm.  Hey, it comes with the package right?!?  Although I'm very thankful for this job, I'm still thinking if what I'm doing right now really makes me happy.  Am I doing it effectively and efficiently? Am I at my best here?  I wish I could have the answer.  However, doing this job for almost 10 years taught me a LOT of things:  Dealing with pressure, deadlines, accepting failures, doing things all over again, being responsible and owning a task, the sense of urgency and above all camaraderie.  I've met people of different nationalities and culture and I'm grateful to have met them and made friends with them.  Wow! 10 years is loooong man!  But the question still remains...  Am I happy?  I just hope that I could be able to find the answer someday or better yet stand up for the answer (because at the back of my mind I know the answer, I just don't have the guts to stand for it YET!)  

look who's coming to Singapura

Happy 31st monthsary Dude! I ♥ U

korea in my mind

I'm so happy that this day had come. I'm beyond excited for my next trip. This time it's in the land of the K-pop stars! I admit that sometime in my adult life, I was engrossed to those Koreanovelas being shown in Prime time TV. Blame it on the tear-jerking stories, the flawless skins of the actors and those oh so pretty backdrops/locations. They are so good in marketing their country maximizing all those beautiful scenery that they have. But most importantly, what I'm most excited about this trip is seeing, touching and feeling snow. First time ko bakit ba?!? haha!!! Since Japan is way too expensive to go to, Korea is the next best place to experience winter. Thanks to promo fares here and there we can actually go to the place for a cheaper price.  Wish ko lang na may snow pa pagdating namin dun kundi... I'm gonna cry haha! I hope to see snowflakes coming from above... as in yung umuulan ng snow! Ang saya siguro non di ba? Haaay! Oh well, wish us luck in going around the city with no Korean Tour guide to help us. But I know we can do this! AJA!!! :)

Below pictures are some of the tourist spots we will be going courtesy of Google.

Cheonggyecheon Stream

Changdeok Palace

N Seoul Tower